Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] be [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we never had time to think or enjoy what was going up . |
| 2 | Although the police do not need to be certain that a person has heard or seen what is going on before they can call for quiet under the Act ( since it is sufficient that they have reasonable cause to believe that an offence is being committed ) , they would afterwards have to conduct house to house enquiries before they could truthfully say that the conduct was actually heard or seen by a bystander . |
| 3 | Of course , nobody saw or heard what was going on . |
| 4 | Or suppose you 're setting off on a driving tour of Spain and you do n't speak the language . |
| 5 | So , as soon as the misbehaviour begins , turn away or walk away from your child ; pretend not to see or hear what is going on ; say nothing and try not to show any expression at all ; resist getting into any debate , argument or discussion with your child while he or she is misbehaving . |
| 6 | On the Dipper , if you had your eyes shut and your ears plugged up — so you could n't see or hear what was going on — and you just thought about how heavy or light you felt , and what was happening to your tummy — you would n't know for sure what was happening . |
| 7 | These may be very simple things , such as ‘ seeing ’ that a friend will be getting in touch shortly , or knowing what is coming in tomorrow 's post . |
| 8 | No that 's Dorothy , is n't it , the one that goes we were strolling along on moonlight bay , so you could hear the clouds singing you stole my heart moonlight bay . |
| 9 | With each minute that passed he was getting less and less extraterrestrial . |
| 10 | When I came off , I felt I needed to sort of keep in touch , sort of speaking to people that know what 's going on and know what 's going on in ex-users ' heads , y'know . |
| 11 | It was enough to daunt most people , but she once told me that the only thing that dismayed her was sorting out their incredible mass of luggage , making sure that the right things went by the right route and that nothing was left behind . |
| 12 | Yes , that meant we were earning less in real terms after taking inflation into account but at least we still had a job at the end of it . |
| 13 | Penny 's book Romancing The Stars suggested that Prince Charles was finding it difficult to blend his spiritual inner values with his outer role , and that meant he was retreating further into himself and widening the gulf between himself and Diana . |
| 14 | The head was away and that was dreadful because he was one of the few people that knew what was going on because the community adviser told him that home/school links was an area that we should think about ; that is the school . |
| 15 | He bought a new radio for her though she said she did n't need it , but he wanted some evidence of what he was achieving , something in the flat that proved he was doing all right . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , the SPD , like Labour , has been nervous in calling for a complete recasting of public financing and altering both tax and expenditure profiles to fit with a post-cold war world while attempting to relate to an electorate that believes it is paying too many direct and indirect taxes as well as ever-rising social security and health insurance payments . |
| 17 | Rain ousted Zak Smythe from her chair and asked what was going on . |
| 18 | When the fiddler leading the dancing stopped playing and asked what was going on , he was ordered to carry on , as though nothing was happening . |
| 19 | Consequently the meters are now obsolete and maintaining them was becoming increasingly difficult , particularly in sourcing spare parts . |
| 20 | He struggled with Manchester United , too , until he suddenly saw the light and realised he was going nowhere . |
| 21 | He glanced from time to time out of the window , as if to see what was happening down at the jetty . |
| 22 | So I always try to do that but I , I , again I find that it 's very erm very tiring and it 's very , gets very can get very involved with it , so I would like us , I 'd like you to think of the idea of a social secretary to help with the raffles and organizing what 's going on at the meetings please . |
| 23 | Apparently her parents think she 's staying with wanted to know if she could send them our phone number and say she was staying here . |
| 24 | ‘ Her friends saw her catch the bus and say she was behaving normally , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 25 | You do n't , you got ta , you got ta past there and say go past there and say you 're going up the next time |
| 26 | If you want this constitution ratified I ca n't go back to my people and say you 're giving up all your independence , there 's a new national government which is gon na decide everything . |
| 27 | Erm you spoke about the second appointment and say you were coming back you did n't actually arrange it but you spoke about it |
| 28 | And suddenly , as an uproar began in her , Azor was forgotten , and she jerked to stand upright , and found she was looking straight up into a pair of dark smouldering eyes . |
| 29 | Theda pushed through the trees and found she was coming out into the road that ran through Switham Thicket . |
| 30 | Julie dropped the hammer and found she was sobbing uncontrollably . |